This is a collection of mods that, in and of themselves, do not add any content to the game. Instead, most gather information when a new game is started to collect information on some aspect of the game being started (which will include any mods currently active) and output the results to Debug.log; others work strictly on the intro screen.
There are currently nine mods in this collection, though more are likely inevitable:

Re-upped at 220 downloads. New utility added. AE-4000-FunctionHelp.xml, AE-4100-ShipTableGenerator.xml, and AE-4200-WeaponTableGenerator.xml all reworked to operate from intro screen. See README file for details.

Re-upped at 383 downloads. AE-4000-FunctionHelp.xml updated and now once again properly functional; special thanks to NMS for the fix. AE-4700-IntroScreenArmedOnly.xml removed due to unarmed ships no longer being randomly spawned in the intro screen.